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Katherine Heiny answers readers' questions about her funny, compassionate novel Standard Deviation. Show more
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Donal Ryan discusses his novel The Spinning Heart with a group of readers. The story of Ireland's boom and bust in the Celtic Tiger years is told in a series of monologues. Show more
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Clare Chambers talks to James Naughtie and readers about her bestselling novel Small Pleasures. Show more
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Nicholas Shakespeare discusses Six Minutes in May: How Churchill Unexpectedly Became Prime Minister, with James Naughtie and readers. Show more
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James Naughtie and a group of readers talk to Nadifa Mohamed about The Fortune Men. Show more
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Writer Tan Twan Eng talks to James Naughtie and a group of readers about The Garden of Evening Mists. Show more
Writer Tan Twan Eng talks to James Naughtie about The Garden of Evening Mists.
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4 Extra Debut. Ian McEwan discusses his tale of stalking, science and psychology, ‘Enduring Love’. With James Naughtie. From 2000. Show more
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James Naughtie and readers are joined by novelist Sarah Winman, answering questions about her novel Tin Man. Show more
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AJ Pearce answers listener questions about her novel Dear Mrs Bird, set in London in the 1940s. Show more
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The national poet of Wales, Gillian Clarke discusses her collection Ice with James Naughtie and a group of readers. Recorded at the Dylan Thomas Centre, Swansea. Show more
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A literary trip to Florence in the company of Ross King, discussing his book Brunelleschi's Dome. Show more
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Writer Cal Flyn joins James Naughtie and a group of readers to answer questions about her book, Islands of Abandonment. Show more
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James Naughtie and a group of readers chat to Mary Lawson about her novel Crow Lake Show more
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Mick Herron answers readers' questions about his novel, Slow Horses where we meet his band of failed spies for the first time. Show more
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From the Hay Festival 2017. Hari Kunzru discusses his novel Gods Without Men with James Naughtie and a group of readers. Show more
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James Naughtie and a group of readers talk to Danish writer Peter Hoeg about his best-known novel, Miss Smilla's Feeling for Snow. Show more
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James Naughtie and a group of readers talk to author Edward St Aubyn about his novel Mother's Milk which was shortlisted for the 2006 Man Booker Prize. Show more
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James Naughtie and a group of readers talk to novelist and travel writer Colin Thubron about his book In Siberia, which charts a trip to Russia in the late 90s. Show more
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James Naughtie and a group of readers talk to Irish writer Eimear McBride about her novel A Girl Is a Half-formed Thing, which won the Baileys Prize for Fiction in 2014. Show more
